Category Archives: christmas

The tree is up

…the gifts are ordered, the wreath is hanging on the door.  Christmas cards have begun to fill our mailboxes and the first batch of cookies have already been devoured.

But our Christmas photo is elusive.  I lost them all, you see.  Everything from this year.

So I’m scrambling a bit, trying to capture my boys in a quick posed shot, not the beach-walking or fun-on-vacation or family-afternoon-at-the-park kind of photo I’m partial to.  It’s hard.

But the tree is lovely and the snow is beautiful and I’m very thankful for my family, even if I don’t have the pictures to prove it.

And our puppy is almost 10 months old already.  How can such a lucky girl complain?

How about you?  What makes you smile this time of year?

Hurry, You Can Win Stuff from Great Etsy Shops…Merry Christmas!

Handmade for the Holidays GiveawayThe West Michigan Bloggers have teamed up with local Etsy shops to bring you the Handmade for the Holidays blog hop.  You have until the end of the day today (December 3, 2010) to visit each of the participating bloggers via link above and enter some awesome giveaways of locally made products!

For this super fun blog hop, I was partnered with Designs by LaShelle, who makes beautiful and affordable custom jewelry from sea glass and crystals.

However, I dropped the ball and wasn’t able to get in touch with LaShelle until yesterday, so I don’t have a fabulous giveaway for you.  Sad, I know.

But…her stuff is very pretty, and unique, and if you place and order from her etsy shop, she’ll send you a coupon code for 50% off your next purchase.  Something for a friend, something for yourself.  Sounds pretty nice, even without a fancy giveaway, doesn’t it?

There are LOTS of great giveaways on the other Handmade for the Holidays blogger’s pages, though.  So go blog hop, and enter to win something fabulous!